Holy crap! It’s the Shancheng Ning Caichen!

Great Xia, outside the ruins of Shancheng.

In an abandoned mine bustling with people, a wriggling spirit painting floated in mid-air. Many players were gathered around it, some even running up to take photos with it…

Above that bizarre painting, several large characters were displayed:

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[wriggling spirit painting (Lv40)]

[Rank: Mythic]

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Although it was a Mythic BOSS, its health bar and name were both greyed out. This painting had been here for over half a day without making a single move…

The painting was three meters long and about two meters high. Its surface featured patterns of eerie white mist, within which seductive silhouettes seemed to flicker, though they couldn't be seen clearly.

Since the official announcement had gone out calling for an evacuation, most of the players who had originally crowded the area had quickly departed.

Hearing that this thing could be activated, who would dare stay and gamble with their life?

However, over a hundred people who weren't afraid of death remained behind after all.

Among them was a tall, thin young man wearing a grey hood. His expression was gloomy, and upon learning the BOSS's activation condition, he revealed a sinister and vengeful smile.

"Die, all of you!"

He sneered inwardly, reaching into his robe to pull out a mirror the size of a washbasin…

The young man took out the mirror with extreme care, as if it were some peerless treasure.

However, from his perspective, one could see…

This mirror was actually shattered!

On the shattered surface, the figure of a woman was sliced into dozens of fragments by the cracks, yet she was still moving!

"A-Lian, let us activate this Mythic BOSS together!"

"Since it's a Mythic BOSS, its destructive power must be incredible, right?"

"Those people… those people dared to call you a ghost, dared to smash you to pieces. I will, I will definitely make them pay… make everyone pay… make everyone die!"

The young man growled in a low voice while stroking the shattered mirror surface with his fingers.

Immediately after…

Pale female fingers reached out from the mirror, gripping the frame. Then, a woman's head with a full head of black hair also emerged from the mirror…

Soon, a pale female figure clad in white, about 1.6 meters tall, 'crawled' out of the mirror!

Her waterfall-like black hair obscured her face; combined with her movements, she really gave off a Sadako vibe…

However, this female figure was currently fractured. The white fabric of her clothes was covered in cracks, just like the mirror surface.

Clearly, because the mirror was shattered, the woman named 'A-Lian' was also incomplete.

Seeing this, the young man felt immense heartache.

Originally, how perfect was his A-Lian?

"Even though my whole body is burned and incredibly ugly, A-Lian doesn't despise me."

"Only A-Lian doesn't despise me."

"You people actually called her a ghost… you all deserve to die!"

The young man's face immediately contorted in rage!

He reached out his right hand, pulling the shattered woman in white into his embrace, his expression turning tender once more…

Just a hundred meters away from the 'wriggling spirit painting', he held the white-clad figure and began a public display of affection!

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This scene immediately caught the attention of many surrounding players!

When the shattered white figure first appeared, someone noticed and cried out: "Holy crap! It's the Shancheng Ning Caichen!!"

When the young man embraced the white figure, someone else shouted in horror: "Watch out! He's starting his move! Run!!"

Normally, people would have just treated it as a joke.

But at this very moment, the Mythic BOSS 'wriggling spirit painting' was right nearby!

Once that young man started his display of affection, wouldn't he activate the wriggling spirit painting?

If a Mythic BOSS was activated, who knew what kind of danger would follow?

The players who had stayed behind actually had a certain mindset: since everyone knew a display of affection would activate the BOSS, surely no one would be crazy enough to deliberately do it and activate the BOSS, right?

Therefore, while it seemed dangerous on the surface, it was actually quite safe.

But they never expected that a guy like 'Shancheng Ning Caichen,' who wanted to take his revenge on society, would appear!

"Run!"

The appearance of this scene made the hair on everyone's necks stand up in fear.

One by one, they scrambled to flee in all directions!

But…

It was too late.

As the 'Young Ning Caichen' began his actions, the BOSS name above the 'wriggling spirit painting' not far away suddenly turned from grey to red!

Clearly, the Mythic BOSS had been directly activated!

However, the health bar above its head didn't turn from grey to red; instead, it vanished…

When the BOSS activated, the painting's health bar actually disappeared!

At the same time, as the surrounding players were all fleeing in panic, the laughter of a woman—seductive to the very bone—echoed out from the painting, spreading across a ten-kilometer radius!

When that laughter rang out…

Anyone who heard the sound had a reflexive, skin-crawling sensation.

So soft, so incredibly alluring…

It made one involuntarily want to immerse themselves in it, to go and investigate just what kind of woman could produce such a captivating laugh.

And in that instant.

Not just the players who hadn't run, but even many who had fled early were still within the BOSS's ten-kilometer range.

As the laughter spread across the ten-kilometer area, all the players within this zone were affected.

Immediately, at least two hundred people were rooted in place by the laughter, unable to move!

Just as the expressions of these two hundred-plus people changed drastically and they tried to find a way to break the crowd control, they suddenly turned into streaks of light and were sucked into that grim and bizarre painting!

As one figure after another was sucked into the painting…

A number appeared above the painting—249!

Clearly, a total of 249 people had just been sucked into the painting. All 249 vanished from the scene and entered an unreachable state.

On their respective friends lists, their names turned grey, just as if they had been sent to Qin Feng's Judgment Land.

Furthermore…

Not everyone was sucked in by the BOSS. Besides those 249 people, there were still thousands of others within the ten-kilometer radius of the BOSS watching this scene in shock and uncertainty.

"What happened?"

"Ah, Brother Bin! My Brother Bin was sucked in!!"

"Oh my god, my boyfriend was sucked in too!"

"Dammit! Why take my Lingling? You should have taken me instead!"

"…"

A portion of the players immediately became anxious and tense.

They realized that the people closest to them had been sucked into the Mythic painting!

There were also some players who weren't personally affected; seeing this, they were scared out of their wits and turned to flee without a second thought…

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"Great God, this is bad! Someone activated the BOSS right next to it!"

Just as Qin Feng summoned the Ghost Spirit and was preparing to set out, Wan Ye Wei Yu sent the latest news.

This news caught Qin Feng a bit by surprise: "I already said that a display of affection would activate the BOSS. Who would actively seek death like that?"

Wan Ye Wei Yu gave a bitter smile: "It's exactly because the activation condition was announced that someone did it on purpose…"

And so, through Wan Ye Wei Yu's explanation, Qin Feng finally understood what was going on.